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Post by thebluebus on Nov 26, 2021 23:55:12 GMT -5
Glad someone made a separate thread. Wasn't sure whether to post in the movie discussion one or show, since it's not really either. Only through the first part so far, but a couple of things that came to mind...
- So far, I'm really intrigued by it all. I can see if you're not a fan of the Beatles how some of it may seem drawn out, but even when they're just sitting there messing around, it's cool to me. I could listen to the Beatles jam out for hours. Peter Jackson could have probably edited it down some, but since it's broken down multiple parts, I think it works fine. - It's cool to see some of these great songs being made in real time. Also, this was really the beginning of the end for them so it's a little sad to see their demise develop there as well. - Poor Ringo lol... every time the camera goes to him, he has this face like a child in the middle of his parents fighting. - Seeing Yoko in all the footage so often is a little annoying. - Damn, the Beatles made some great music.
My whole family loves The Beatles, so I convinced them to watch part 1. Made it through like an hour and had to turn it off to watch the South Park Post Covid special. Personally, I was very interested, but it did seem like a very directionless fly-on-the-wall doc for only the most dedicated fans/music-lovers. Will revisit when I'm on my own again in a few days.
Also just wanted to say that the best part to me was how beautifully restored the sound and picture were. This and Jackson's WW1 doc from a few years back could be celebrated for the mesmerizing tech achievement alone.
It’s refreshing how they tinkered around just like any other band. Also cool they were already messing around with songs that would be on their solo records.
Watching Lennon and Macca write lyrics was one of my favorite parts. Macca was great at improvising and coming up with lines on the fly, while John seemed more methodical in trying to pick the perfect word to take it to the next level.
Just finished the whole thing, and there hasn't been a music doc that's sat around in my brain the way this has in a very long time. Wow.
Watching those songs get built from the ground up, seeing how those four guys really behaved in a room together, it feels like a real privilege to watch.
I've got other thoughts that I might collect another time
Just finished the whole thing, and there hasn't been a music doc that's sat around in my brain the way this has in a very long time. Wow.
Watching those songs get built from the ground up, seeing how those four guys really behaved in a room together, it feels like a real privilege to watch.
I've got other thoughts that I might collect another time
Same for me. After I finished it I just kind of sat there sadly. Lots of writeups have been critical of its bloated length and aimlessness, but it really felt like I was one of the people hanging out with them in the room. And to see how happy they were playing together on the Apple rooftop. Such a gutpunch when they put the instruments down and it reads "this was the last time The Beatles ever played together publicly".
Just finished the whole thing, and there hasn't been a music doc that's sat around in my brain the way this has in a very long time. Wow.
Watching those songs get built from the ground up, seeing how those four guys really behaved in a room together, it feels like a real privilege to watch.
I've got other thoughts that I might collect another time
Same for me. After I finished it I just kind of sat there sadly. Lots of writeups have been critical of its bloated length and aimlessness, but it really felt like I was one of the people hanging out with them in the room. And to see how happy they were playing together on the Apple rooftop. Such a gutpunch when they put the instruments down and it reads "this was the last time The Beatles ever played together publicly".
Post by Dale Cooper on Dec 1, 2021 10:16:06 GMT -5
Almost done with part 2, but trying to savor my time with this. It really is a privilege to see, and I'd probably watch a 15 hour version too.
I wish footage existed of the Rubber Soul, Revolver or Sgt Pepper sessions, because so much of Let It Be is tinged with sadness. But still, it was unimaginable that we'd be able to spend this much time with a living John Lennon. Wild.
Almost done with part 2, but trying to savor my time with this. It really is a privilege to see, and I'd probably watch a 15 hour version too.
I wish footage existed of the Rubber Soul, Revolver or Sgt Pepper sessions, because so much of Let It Be is tinged with sadness. But still, it was unimaginable that we'd be able to spend this much time with a living John Lennon. Wild.
Admittedly the Let It Be album never got much attention from me until watching this. I don't think I need to listen to Get Back or Dig A Pony again for a long time after hours of watching them put the songs together.
I think my favorite bits were watching them jam covers and even the weird freakout jams with Yoko. Weird Beatles are best Beatles.
Almost done with part 2, but trying to savor my time with this. It really is a privilege to see, and I'd probably watch a 15 hour version too.
I wish footage existed of the Rubber Soul, Revolver or Sgt Pepper sessions, because so much of Let It Be is tinged with sadness. But still, it was unimaginable that we'd be able to spend this much time with a living John Lennon. Wild.
Admittedly the Let It Be album never got much attention from me until watching this. I don't think I need to listen to Get Back or Dig A Pony again for a long time after hours of watching them put the songs together.
I think my favorite bits were watching them jam covers and even the weird freakout jams with Yoko. Weird Beatles are best Beatles.
Agreed. Let It Be is fine! But its sandwiched between my two favorite Beatles albums, (White and Abbey Road), so it feels a little slight by comparison. But maybe it feels slight because they had to do the whole thing in 3 weeks, John was on heroin and George was feeling pissed off.
I have perhaps even more respect for Paul then I did before this documentary. Bossy? sure, maybe. But he just pulled Let It Be, Get Back, Two of Us and a half dozen more pop standards out of his ass in the middle of this mess. Truly astonishing. An A+ human being.
Almost done with part 2, but trying to savor my time with this. It really is a privilege to see, and I'd probably watch a 15 hour version too.
I wish footage existed of the Rubber Soul, Revolver or Sgt Pepper sessions, because so much of Let It Be is tinged with sadness. But still, it was unimaginable that we'd be able to spend this much time with a living John Lennon. Wild.
Theres a decent amount of footage, but not to this extent. I mean in the Eight Days A Week movie from a few years ago they show lots of footage when they talked about being in the studio with George Martin and how their process was with him as a producer. Its similar to Get Back, but def a lot happier from what was shown. Its all just sitting in a vault somewhere and we prob wont ever see it like this. I think a comprehensive film of all that put together would be interesting if its only a few hours from each album session that they had to work with.
About a year or so ago, I went back and listened to the entire Beatles discography and tried to rank their albums. Let It Be often gets put down mid tier or even lower by a lot of people but I really enjoyed it more than I remembered. So many good tunes on there. Let It Be is still probably my favorite Beatles song. The Long and Winding Road is another top 10 one. Two of Us, I've Got a Feeling, Get Back, Across the Universe are all great too. Hell, Don't Let Me Down wasn't even included on there and could have made the album even better.
As far as the documentary goes, I've already praised it quite a bit but I do really think it was great to see how they interacted together on this. If this was truly their turbulent phase and really near the end, you wouldn't have guessed from watching them (with a few exceptions, like George's brief exit.) But the way they were all just jamming out and messing around one song to the next was cool to see. As long as the doc was, I'll still definitely revisit it again.
